Mario and Luigi: The Star Chronicles (Mario and Luigi 5: Star Battles in Japan) is the fifth game in the Mario and Luigi RPG series developed by Alphadream and published by Nintendo. The game will be released on June 8, 2016 for the 3DS.

Contents

Story/Plot

Summary

The story begins in Peach's Castle, where Toadsworth, Toadbert, and Peach are discussing matters about Bowser and the town's security. Toadbert thinks the castle and Toad Town should hire security guards and maybe an army when Mario isn't there to fight Bowser. However, Toadsworth disagrees and thinks that they should rely on Mario and his bro. The meeting breaks up, and Toadbert heads over to take a walk in Mushroom Woods. When Toadbert reaches it, Bowser jumps out from behind a tree and orders Toadbert to take him to the princess. Seeing this from his bedroom in Toad Town, Luigi retrieves Mario and they head off to beat Bowser.

Bowsers top three minions, Sergeant Guy, Corporal Paraplonk, and Private Goomp get Bowser and bring him back to his castle. Bowser complains that if he's going to beat Mario, he needs some new minions to help. After hearing this, Private, Corporal, and Sergeant go looking for someone to help Bowser. They find Wario and Waluigi, the biggest outlaws in the Garlic Kingdom. The two newly hired minions set off to Toad Town.

Meanwhile, at Peach's Castle, Mario is being congratulated for beating Bowser once again. But when he returns to his residence, Mario finds Luigi missing. After asking the townsfolk for answers, Mario decides to go to Mushroom Woods. While looking, Mario finds Wario and Waluigi carrying Luigi in a cage. Mario releases Luigi, and together they beat the Wario Bros.

When Mario and Luigi realized that Wario might have been a new threat to them, they hurry back to Peach's Castle. However, they find that Princess Peach was captured, and the Wario Bros. were just a distraction. Because of this, Mario and Luigi head out to Bowser's Castle. Before they left, Starlow flew through a window and exclaimed she wanted to come along, too. On the way, the bros passed through Mushroom Woods in order to get to Blubble Lake. However, they suddenly see the Wario Bros once again. Instead of fighting Mario, Wario lures him and his brother into a pitfall trap. The bros were at least nine feet into the ground, and they were in trouble. Luigi then finds a strange rock in the dirt wall, and when he removed it, the pit suddenly led to an underground cave. At the end, the bros emerged into a haunted mansion. Inside, Luigi saw Proffesor Elvin Gadd, who gave the Poltergust to Luigi for a second special attack. The bros. continued on and found out that the king of all ghosts , King Boo was haunting the mansion.

They find an exit to the mansion, but then find out they can't leave until King Boo is defeated. They go to the parlor and find King Boo messing with a short old man. Mario and Luigi attack King Boo, and defeat him, freeing the mansion of the curse. The old man they rescued was Dr. Svenicstein, a scientist who could talk to ghosts. The Dr. said he was trying to get King Boo to stop haunting his mansion. Before the bros. leave, the doctor gives the bros. directions back to Mushroom Woods.

Luigi uses the map, but he read it upside down, which got them lost. The only place they could go was an ice cave south of the Dr.'s Mansion. They passed through it in hopes of reaching the other side, but according to the map the doctor gave them, the Bros. were in another kingdom, called the Coldrock Kingdom. Down in the caves, they emerged on the other side. It appeared to be a frozen mountain pass in the Coldrock Kingdom. They came to the end, which was a giant gate that needed a key to open. They start searching in the area, and Luigi accidently hits an ice block with his hammer. It cracks open to reveal a strange creature by the name of Akylar. The creature was holding the key to get out, but Akylar exclaimed the key held extreme powers and he would not give it to weaklings. The bros. fight it and win, earning them the key. Akylar's body exploded and his soul floated away.

Starlow tells the brothers to just use it , so they pass through to reach Yoshi Jungle. Once there, the trio is relieved to have finally made it back to the Mushroom Kingdom. They encounter a friendly blue Yoshi that guides them through the depths of the jungle. The bros. knew that just at the rim of the forest was Mt. Violhan, which was near Bowser's castle so they could rescue the princess. They suddenly find Wario and Waluigi sleeping in the woods. Luigi hits his hammer down and the Wario Bros. wake up. Mario and Luigi were still enraged by their trickery earlier, and Starlow taunts Wario until he attacks.

Once Wario is defeated, he and his brother crawl back to Bowser's castle. The bros. celebrate, but realize they must continue. They follow the blue Yoshi once more, until they hear a rumbling in the sky. A meteorite falls in front of the bros.

Gameplay

Battle System

In Mario and Luigi: The Star Chronicles the game has an RPG turn based battle system, just like the rest of the series. The regular attacks the bros. can use include Jumping and Hammer. Each character also has five special attacks, called Bros. Attacks that can be used to give a boost in the fight.

Badges

The brothers have badges, special items that are used for purposes such as healing and doubling damage on attacks. The first badges are given to Mario and Luigi by Gramkoop in Yoshi Jungle. Once you use a badge, the player is still allowed to attack for that turn.

Ranks

Mushroom Rank (default) - 1 piece of gear.

Shell Rank (level 5) - 2 pieces of gear

Flower Rank (level 10) - 3 pieces of gear.

Shine Rank (level 20)

Star Rank (level 30)

Rainbow Rank (level 40)

Bros. Attacks

Mario

Red Shell

Fire Flower

Spin Digger

Trampocannon

Rising Star

Luigi

Green Shell

Poltergust Mixer

Ice Flower

Copy Fower

Stardust Fire

Characters

Playable

Mario - The main hero of the game.

Luigi - Mario's younger and cowardly brother.

Antagonists

Smithy - An android knight who is looking for the six Stardust Pieces. He wants to take over the world, and defeat Mario.

Akylar - The guardian of the Stardust Key, who's soul was corrupted by Smithy after the Bros. fought him.

Bowser - The King of Koopas, who has a goal of kidnapping Princess Peach and defeating Mario.